late last week they said that the president suffered from low energy days. a few days of low grade fever. that is what prevented him from going home for christmas. christmas came to him. former first lady barbara bush along with their son, neal, and his family surrounded him and brought him chinese food. it's a bush family tradition to visit one of their favorite chinese restaurants on christmas and they brought in the food and the former president could not have any because of a dietary restriction. he is said to be resting comfortable and they are cautiously optimistic that they have the situation under control and the cough will go away. luke? >> charles from houston, thank you so much for the update. we appreciate it. next, a very old record broken in the house and the hawaii's governor honor governor inouye's last wish. what president obama can learn from one of our founding fathers about wheeling and dealing. you are watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. becausey wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to